The NNPC Ltd has said that the reported explosion at a filling station in Ikeja, Lagos, has nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)/NIPCO Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations, which are currently functioning and running safely without any incident.

According to the statement on Thursday by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer NNPC Ltd, Olufemi Soneye, the NNPC also “wishes to add that the NGML was not affected by the explosion.

He said the company was not involved in the activities of the affected station and all NGML facilities in Lagos, including pipelines, metering stations, above-ground installation and CNG facilities are in safe operating condition.”